INDUSTRY VIEWFINDER: WORKING TOWARDS ZERO CARBON 33


INDUSTRY VIEWFINDER


The Road to Zero Carbon (2030-2050)


Executive summary According to the World Green Building Council, buildings are globally responsible for half of the world’s total CO2


emissions and


resource consumption, and 36% of global energy consumption. The WGBC stated earlier this year that the sector must take action now in order to “operate at net zero carbon by 2050, if global warming is to remain under 2°C, the limit enshrined in the Paris Agreement.” Buildings are responsible for 40% of the ‘energy related’ carbon emissions made in the UK, and worldwide are expected to double in total footprint by 2060, thereby drastically increasing our global emissions unless something potentially equally drastic is done to counteract them.


The UK architecture sector has taken the initiative, aligned with counterparts across the world, and set a voluntary 2030 target to help architects lead the way. In 2019 RIBA joined the international Architects Declare movement to put practical steps in place to reduce emissions in projects, and issued its 2030 Climate Challenge in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow, covering a range of targets across different sectors, and a focus on user wellbeing. We canvassed our architect readership on their current opinions of progress on the zero carbon agenda, their views on the RIBA’s ongoing initiative, and their progress on zero carbon such as compliance with the Future Homes Standard 2025, which forms a key part of the Government’s plan to achieve its legally binding net


“Which of the following factors are more likely to impact on zero carbon targets being achieved in construction?” g Very likely g Quite likely g Not very likely g Unlikely


ADF NOVEMBER 2022


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